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"A revelatory account of the importance that psychiatric treatment and research from the 1950s has for mental health today." Jean Freeman, author of Fists upon a Star Before she became a psychiatric nurse at "The Mental" in the 1950s, Kay Parley was a patient there, as were the father she barely remembered and the grandfather she'd never met. Part memoir, part history, and beautifully written, Inside The Mental offers an episodic journey into the stigma, horror, and redemption that she found within the institution's walls. Now in her nineties, Parley looks back at the emerging use of group therapy, the advent of patient rights, evolving ethics in psychiatry, and the amazing cast of characters she met there. She also reveals her role in groundbreaking experiments with LSD, pioneered by the world's leading researchers at "The Mental" to treat addiction and mental illness.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Credits
Introduction
Toppling a Monument
The Nameless Threats
Psychiatric Patient
Sunday
Christmas Comes to The Mental
Meeting Grandpa
The Torch
The Glass of Truth
Interval
Psychiatric Nurse
Understanding
Kleckner
An Afternoon in the Sun
Community
Night of the Red Rug
LSD
Supporting the Patient on LSD Day
The Weyburn That Was
About the Author
